Perception of practicing spirituality students and their satisfaction with body image

Granter

University of ZagrebFaculty of Law

Lower level organizational units

In social workSocial Work with Disabled Persons

Place

Zagreb

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

SOCIAL SCIENCESSocial ActivitiesTheory of Social Work

Study programme type

university

Study level

undergraduate

Study programme

Social Work

Academic title abbreviation

univ. bacc. act. soc.

Genre

undergraduate thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2016-09-09

Parallel abstract (English)

Spitituality as person aspect applies on man's search for meaning, purpose and moral fulfillment with themselves, with other people, the universe and the earth. Spiritual dimension is an integral part of every person so we can conclude that there is no single person who isn't spiritual while religion is just one of the ways in which spiritualy can be expressed. The perception of satisfaction with their body image depends on many factors, but studies suggest a lack of research that explores the connection between spirituality with the perception of body image. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of practicing spirituality and satisfaction with body appearance students. For the purposes of this study a questionnaire was related to socio-demographic characteristics and religiosity. The scale of spirituality and scale dissatisfaction with external appearance and BSQ (BodyShapeQuesitionnaire) were modified for the purpose of this research. With online questionnaire with 51 questions, we examined the opinion of 386 university students in the Republic of Croatia in the period from 10 to 14 April 2014. Using self-report as the primary data source in order to obtain a personal statement about the opinions, beliefs, attitudes and behavior of respondents corresponding series of questions. Although rare studies show that people who are considered to have a better perception of the spirituality have better perception of their body image though our research showed opposite results. This is an insignificant, but still connection saying that people who are perceived to have a worse perception of spiritualy satisfaction and body image. No statistically significant differences between men and women have been shown in our study, as in previous studies. Women are more spiritual and more dissatisfied with their body appearance than men.